Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Closed Loop Plastic Recycling
Start: 7/23/2024

1 amputation · 2024076684 · 7/23/2024 · Closed Loop Plastic Recycling

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact unspecified
Source: Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
Secondary source: Machinery unspecified

Employer

Name: Closed Loop Plastic Recycling
Location: 1150 State Street, FOSTORIA, OHIO, 44830
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On July 23, 2024, around 12:00 PM, an employee was on a ladder trying to remove a jam from the rolling blades on a machine. The employee fell off the ladder and their left foot was wedged in the rolling blades resulting in amputation of the middle toe. The blades were not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown